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PATENT FFCE@ SAMUEL ANDREWS, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO.-

SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,311, dated May 3,1898.

Application led March 17, 1897. Serial No. 627 ,985. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ANDREWS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wadsworth, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Swings, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in portable swings whichembody a frame-support to sustain the pendants, wood pendants, andframe-and-slat seats and backs, and pertains to that class wherein twoseats are oppositely disposed and which may be measurably folded forstoring or transportation with but partial removal of fastening devices.

Theobject of my invention is to produce a swing of the class designatedthat shall be simple in construction; readily erected or folded, and inwhich the supporting-frame may constitute a canopy-support, and finallyto simplify the construction of the hangerpivots.

To the aforesaid objects my invention consists in the peculiar and novelconstruction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, and then specifically pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numeralsindicate like parts in the different views, Figure 1 is an interior sideelevation of my improved swing in section at the line :c 0c of Fig. 2;Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same with the nearest side of v thecanopy removed, and Fig. 3 av view of the cross-bar to connect the pairsof uprights.

Referring to the drawings, 1 1 are light sticks, preferably about two byfour inches in size, arranged in pairs, each pair crossed near one end,the longer ends spread apart, and across each pair a short distancebelow their point of intersection is fastened a cross-bar 2 of the samegeneral dimensions, secured to the pieces 1 1 by bolts 3 3 or otherequivalent devices to act as pivots. Across the tops of these pieces l 1in the fork formed by spreading the lower ends is a similar stick 4,which at its points of union with the sticks 1 1 is notched on each sideto fit these sticks and when in position serves to hold them apart andpartially lock them together, the Whole forming a rm and rigid frame.

The pendants 5 5 are preferably lighter sticks, arranged in pairs, eachpair united at the top by round hard-Wood rods 6 6, held by metallicstraps 7, bolted or screwed to the sticks, and these rods rest insemicircular oppositely-disposed notches in the upper edge of thecross-bars2 2.

To the lower ends of the pendants 5 5 is fastened a slat floor 8 bybolts 9, the whole forming a swing.

The back of each seat is composed of two side bars 10, united bycross-bars 11, on which are fastened slats 12,and the lower ends of theside bars 10 have deep longitudinal notches that slide onto and fit thebolts 9.

The seats consist of side bars 13, pivotally connected with the sidebars 10, and pendants 5,'0n which are fastened slats 14, and above theside bars 13 are the arms 15, similarly attached to the bars 10 andpendants 5.

To fold, the canopy is removed, the seats and backs swung upward againstthe pendants 5, thus lifting the slotted ends of the bars 10 off thebolts 9, the rods 6 taken off over the ends of the bars 2, and the pend-'ants and iioor swung together, turning on the pivot-bolts 9, the stick4 lifted from its rests, and the sticks 1 brought together at the baseand then moved, one on the other, until the cross-bar -2 lies nearlyparallel with them.

The parts are thus released Without removing bolts Vor screws, and canthus be measurably compactly packed for the purposes hereinbeforestated,

l claim as my invention- 1. An improved swing-frame, having two pairs ofuprights and a cross-bar, each pair of uprights pivotally connected nearone end to the cross-bar, each pair of uprights adapted to have theirouter ends swing outward to cross their shorter ends,'and a detachablebar adapted to rest in the fork of the shorter ends, and having notchesto fit and engage said uprights substantiallyas shown and forl thepurpose specified.v

2. The combination with a supportingframe having two pairsof uprightsand two IOO cross-bars; each pair of nprights pivotally connected nearone end to one of said crossbars, and adapted to have their ends swingoutward and to cross above said cross-bars, and a detachable bar adaptedto rest in said upright-s above their point of crossing, and two pairsof oppositely-disposed pendants; each pair of pendants connected by acrossrod adapted to rest on said cross-bars, snbstantially as shown anddescribed.

3. The combination with two pairs of uprights, and two cross-bars, eachpair of nprights pivotally connected near one end to one of saidcross-bars, and adapted to have their loose ends swing outward, and adetachable bar adapted to rest in said uprights above the point ofcrossing, and two pairs of oppositely-disposed pendants, each pair ofpendants connected bya cross-rod adapted to rest on said cross-bars; ofa oordetachably connected with said pendants, and backsdetachablyconnected with said Hoor, and seats and armspivotallyconnected with said backs and pendants, substantially as shownand described.

4. An improved swing-frame having two pairs of uprights each paircrossed near one end, a cross-bar to rest in said pairs above theirpoints of intersection and horizontal bars pivotally attached to saiduprights below their points of intersection to form with said cross-bara support foracanopy-top substantially as shown and described.

5. In a swing-frame, the combination with the crossed nprights, thecross-beam resting in their crossed ends, and the horizontal barspivotally connected With said uprights, and a canopy-top to rest on saidcross-beam and horizontal bars substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hercnnto set my hand.

SAMUEL ANDREWS. In presence of i C. P. HUMPHREY, C. E. HUMPHREY.

